Record ID: WILT-696275 - ROMAN coin

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Coin

Unique ID: WILT-696275

Object type certainty: Certain

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Fragment of an irregular issue of a siliqua of Valentinian I with a diameter of 18mm. It is approximately half a plated copy.

Reverse: VRBS ROMA

Date: 364-375 for prototype

Notes:

The site yielded 102 coins for assessment; among these were a lead token, two buttons and an angular fragment of bronze, not apparently a coin. The remaining 98 pieces were Roman coins of which 35 were too worn, corroded or incomplete to be identified. Most of the coins received proved to be difficult to read for the reasons given above, those in groups G and H being particularly poor. For these reasons many radiates and coins of the House of Constantine I after 330, cannot be classified here as regular / irregular with any degree of confidence. The date range of the coins covers the whole of the Roman period from the second to the late fourth century. The fact that the number of coins from the earlier part of the fourth century, between 315 and 330 equals that between 330 and 340 and the number and range of irregular coins in the whole assemblage is perhaps worthy of note.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 367
Date to: AD 375

Dimensions and weight

Diameter: 18 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Siliqua (reduced weight) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Valentinian I [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378] [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: diademed, drape dand cuirassed bust to right.
Obverse inscription: D N VALEN[TINI ANVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Rome seated to left.
Reverse inscription: VRBS [ROMA]
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)

Coin references

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Spatial data

Region: South West
County: Wiltshire
District: Swindon
Parish: Chiseldon

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SU1879
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Rachel Wood - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr David Algar - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Sam Moorhead - [view all attributed records]

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